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Morris tribune., 1887-11-23
BARNUM'S BURNED.

Nearly a Million Dollars Damage Done
the Famous Showman's Menageries
BRIDGEPORT, Conn, Nov. 21.-The
main building of Barnum & Bailey's
greatest show on earth was entirely de-
stroyed by fire about 1880 O'Clock.
Thousands of people were drawn to the
spot. In less than thirty minutes the big
building, which was 600x200 feet and two
stories high, was consumed. The first
intimation of the fire was given by the
roaring of the lions and tigers, which
seemed to realize the impending danger.
In an incredibly short time the flames
swept from one end Of the structure to
the ether. There were six watchmen
employed on the premises, but they were
helpless to check the flames. Before the
fist alarm ceased sounding the whole
building was 'enveloped in fire
and one dared to- approach
it, being fearful Of the crazed an
imals. Three elephants were burned
up and thirty-six broke from
their fastenings and dashed through the
sides of the burning building. Their
roars and trumpetings and sounds of tor
ment were terrific.
The latest statement is that there were
but 210 persons on board the Scholten,
which, if true, leaves 1872 drowned or
missing Nearly all Of the dead show
evidences of having experienced great
suffering and many of them appear to
have died from other causes than drown
ing
Morris tribune., 1887-11-23
BURNED TO THE WATERS EDGE.
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The Steamer Telephone Destroyed by
Eire---One Life Lost.


Fire---One Life Lost.
PORTLAND, Ore, Nov. 21.-The Astoria
steamer Telephone burned to the waters
edge in this city at 6 o'clock. She was
on her regular trip from Portland with
100 passengers. Just as she ap-
preached the city, fire was discovered on
the lower deck, just for
ward the engines. The boat was
running at such high speed that in less
than moment the whole after part was
enveloped in flames. The engineers
shouted up the tube to Capt. Scott, who
was at the wheel, ''The boats afire. {"
Scott made a sharp turn, ran the boat
full speed into the bank, and every man,
| woman and child escaped, except one
drunken man, who was badly burned
and will probably die.
Morris tribune., 1887-11-23
CuuRGu DIRECTORY

CoSdRR4ArIoNA Raw. !. B. FairbanS, FaStor
Isr rtoatsr Rev. Z. i. Rnbsrtsoa. Pastor.
ReuAx CATuoLIc, Rev. Geo. GHskell, Priest
Sr,xnISAvt\Y SvAS.ELIc. .AL LUTHERAN, Rev
\. J. Anderson, OF Scandis, Pastor,
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-07-28
The Cars Highest Aim,

According to The Vienna Tagblatt, the
cars highest aim is to be crowned
..emperor of ASIA on the site of the
holy sepulcher at Jerusalem. The
Crimean war had its origin in the quar-
rels over the holy places in Palestine, and
was a continuation of the conflict be-
tween east and west which the crusades
left still unsettled. Every step Of the
Russians toward Constantinople is thus a
step toward Jerusalem. II is of great
significance that the Emperor Alexander
Ill contides much more upon the power
of religious enthusiasm than either of his
predecessors did. He wishes 10 procure
o more official and ostentatious conse-
Grafton Of his religious authority, and to
have his position emphasized as the
supreme protector Of the eastern churches
and the orthodox faith, and so rally all
Greek oriental churches and peoples
around the person and Office of the car
as the Constantine and Justinian of the
modern world. This bold project has
been long in preparations; is never lost
sight of in any diplomatic movement,
and no sacrifice Of money is thought too
great to secure this end. Numbers of
settlements Of eastern monks. of appar-
emily harmless and unpretending char.
acter, have been and are being founded,
and Russia finds the money for the pur.
chase Of the land.-BOstOn Transcript.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-07-28
Travelling In Europe.

There is no system of checking baggage
abroad, and as one must of necessity
''keep an eye' on his belongings at every
stage of the journey, it is a good plan to
have but one article to look after. A
large supply of Undertaking is not
necessary, for six hours at any hotel al
lows ample time for laundry work. The
travelling dress should be warm enough
to allow for any change of temperature.
Extreme heat is the exception, and it is
better TO enduressit for two or three hours
in the middle Of the dag than to suffer
from cold all the rest of the time. Plenty
of wraps are after all much more comfort
than care. The need of them when they
are beyond reach is always exasperating.
The old world is slow and conservative,
as the old is wont to be. There is no
where the hurry and scramble which
characterize the new one. Walters and
porters will take their time, and a goodly
share of it. The postman does not rush
ut headlong pace, nor the cabman urge
his horse out of a walk without an extra
shilling at the whip handle, Do not be
disappointed If you find no stores open
before 9, $3.50 or 10 in the morning, when
you are eager to ''do a few errands be,
fore catching the train" And never
forget when the foreign fashions Of
travel, business or pleasure worry and
hinder you, that you have voluntarily
encountered them and ought to make the
best of them.-Boston Transcript.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-07-28
The Prince Not Hnpefnl.

The Prince of Wales is, perhaps, the
frmest friend Of America among the
English. He is a man Of the world,
more Partisan when in Paris than the
Parisians, but his open sympathy with
Americans is founded upon a shrewd
forecast Of the future. To one of hii
suite, nov resident in New York. the
prince stated in plain terms that he never
expected TO be the king of England, MOI
did he leave his ~interlocutor doubtful as
to whether he meant that his mother
would outlive him or that England was
destined to become a republic. IAN.
other nail in the coffin Of the monarchy
he sententiously remarked when tho en-.
gagement Of the Princess Louise to tn,
MARQUIS Of Lorne wa announced to him.
The prince is far from being the careless
pleasure seeker that he is too often rep.
resented. He is a thoughtful observer
and student Of events, and comprehend
a well as anybody else the tendencies OF
the times. If he makes the best of thu
present, it is evident that he Is anxiously
making friends for the future, and seek
ing to stand well with all parties and al
classes in case of emergencies. This i
one Of the most pregnant lessons of the
jubilee year.-London Letter.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-07-28

Tulane museum, New Orleans, pos.
sesses a Peruvian ''whistling jug" which
dates from the Incas. 1t resembles two
squatty, flattened bottles connected by q
bar between the necks and below by a
pipe one inch and a half in diameter.
One ends above with an open brandy
bottle mouth and the other in the form
Of a gro:esque human head. The only
hole in the latter is a small orifice at the
back Of the head. On pouring water
into the open mouth till both jugs are
filled above the level of the connecting
tube the air remaining in the closed side
is forced out at the small orifice, and,
striking the thin plate between the two
openings, produces a clear, shrill whistle.
BY tippingt the half filed vessel in various
directions various sounds are emitted
some Of the most startling, weird char.
acter. Chicago News.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-07-28
PHYSICAL DECAY IN CITIES.
what an Observer says-Physicai Trair
Ing Abroad-Health.

what an Observer says-Physicai Train
Ing Abroad-Hesith.
Lord Brabazon, in a paper in The Nine
teenth Century on the Decay of Bodily
Strength in Towns" says with reference
TO England: IF we could isolate the city
and prevent all intermarriage with the
country, the degeneration in the physique
of the inhabitants Of the former would
probably be SO marked as TO horrify the
public" 1t is difficult to secure statistics
relating to this decay in consequence Of
the perpetual influx from the country,
but lit is only necessary" he says, for
an intelligent man or woman to walk
through the slums of our great towns" to
recognize the substantial facts in the case.
What is true in this particular in Lon
don is even more marked in New York.
We have more thickly populated districts
in this city, less clean streets and inferior
sanitary regulations. The national i'm
portance Of physical deterioration in
towns is greater in England than in the
United States, because the proportion of
her urban population is much greater,
but this certainly should not lessen the
humane purpose OF improving the con-
dition of things in our cities. We resem-
bic the English, al least, in being behind
other nations in giving heed TO the mat
ter Of bodily health and strength. al
most every nation in Europe" says the
writer, except ourselves, has established
asys stem of,compulsory physi-
cal training ia its schools ''and spends
large sums of money in strengthening the
bodies and nerves of its future citizens"
In Germany, besides its gymnastic train
ing, each child at school is supplied with
q sound midday meal, and if the parent
cannot pay for il the state does. In the
Swedish schools there is a physical drill
accompanied by music. France has taken
the hint from Germany, and since 1870 is
paying some attention to building up the
bodily strength of her youth.
This is only one side Of the subject Of
health in cities. The other features will
suggest themselves at once. The point
is that we need an awakening to the i'm
portance Of the matter. Every pale face
and weakly body, in the tenement dis
tricts especially, is an appeal for more
breathing spaces in the city, better dwell
ing and other sanitary regulations. physi-
cal education in the common schools and
good food. II England is remiss in this
general respect, how much more so are
we?-New York World.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-07-28

When suffering from violent excite
ment, do not battle.
Undress slowly, but then 20 directly
into the water.
Take your time on the way TO the bath
ing house or beach.
On arriving at the beach inquire about
depth and currents of water.
Do not remain too long in the water,
especially il not very robust.
After meals, and especially after taking
alcoholic liquors, do not bathe.
When suffering from suddenly occur
ring or from continued illness, do not
battle.
Jump in head first, or nj least dip under
quickly, if you do not like to do the
first.
After sleepless nights or excessive exc
ercise, do not battle, unless you first rest
o few hours.
After bathing, rub the boly to stimu.
late circulation and then dress quickly:
then take moderate exercise. National
Druggist.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-07-28
The Barmaids Of London.

The 25, 900 women employed in pour.
ing liquor down the huge throat of
thirsty London are young and good lock-
ing. The first requisite demanded Of the
barmaid is that she shall lie pretty, and
the second that she shall not he under 10
MOI over 30, though many publicans and
sinners draw the line at 25 years OF
& Her popular name is Polly. Polly,
as a rule, has q skin wholesome in its
pink and whiteness, and not averse to
little dimples. A thick crop of curly
hair is cut close to her head, and her
eyes. be they black or blue, are sure TO
be fine. Polly's poorest feature is her
mouth, for it is coarsely cut, and only
the redness of her lips and her splendid
teeth make one forget the glimpse of her
gums when she laughs. A black dress,
a white collar and q ~coquettish apron
give an air Of refinement and neatness
not always native.
II is taken for granted that Polly must
be light of foot and deft of hand. She
must be honest in money matters and
good tempered. Above all, she must not
be squeaInish. To the gilded youth OF
Great Britain the barmaid is a special
Joy, a creation for his benefit, and he is
quick to pick out the prettiest behind
the bar. There she is, chained to her
place as securely as IL to a log. He can
stare at her as long and as m~eaningly as
he likes. He can say bad words and she
dare not resent il, because he has ordered
a brandy and soda. Then he tells her q
stale joke, or compliments her in the
coarsest of terms, interlarded with fire.
quent my dears," and she has to smile
and look as if she liked it, and by and by
she comes to like it, and that's where til,
mischief begins.-Mrs. Robert p. Portel
in New Orleans Times Democrat.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-07-28
Hints TO Mountain Parties.

DR.. Barkan thinks the European noun
tains are to be preferred to those Of
America by those who climb for their
health, principally on the ground that
better paths are provided. He makes an
exception TO this rule in favor Of the
Adirondacks and some other mountains
in the eastern states. In organizing
mountain parties everything should, 50
far us possible, be previously arranged.
Regulations should be established as 10
the gradual increase in the extent Of the
daily ascents, the periods Of rest, the pro.
lection of the feet and other parts Of the
body against chatting and the formation
Of blisters. -New York Post.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-07-28
70 and snen The NORTHWEST.
TICKET OFFICES.

CHICAGO-2O5 Clark 1t.
Depot. Cor Polk ~. a. 5th Ave,
Palmer House.
Grand Pacific Hotel.
fremont House.
MILWAtkEE-JO5 broadway.
New Passenger station.
81, PAUL-1i3 East Third street.
Union Depot.
MINNEAPOLIs-i0 Nicoilet House block.
4" Union Depot,
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-07-28
Value of the EucaIyptus,

The eucalyptus tree grows in the great
est luxuriance on the coast Of Lower
California, and wherever Il abounds the
climate is found TO be agreeable. The
whole region in the vicinity Of Santa
Barbara is It's natural soil. and the val.
legs are filled with its spicy aroma. Its
leaves are very peculiar, and ready 10
burn as soon as they fall, incredible as il
may seem. They are gathered by the
jewellers of the coast towns, and used
for kindling. like we use pine shavings
here.-Globe Democrat.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-07-28
Protection from Frost.

In sonle parts Of the wine district Of
France the church bells are tollel when
there is likely TO I've a frost severe enough
10 hurt the vines. The inhabitants at
once hurry out Of their houses and
place quantities of tar between the rows
Of vines. Then q signal is given to light
the tar, and in n few minutes a dense
cloud If smoke arises which completely
protects the vines from the frost.-New
York Tribune.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-07-28
The Earnest Man.

The man not in earnest seldom accom.
plishes much in this world. Bulwcr once
said; "Nothing is 70 contagious as ems
thutiasm; IL is the allegory Of the tale Of
Orple Gus: il moves stones, il chains brutes.
Emit usiasm Is tie genius Of sincerity, and
truth accompanies no victories with
out it."
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1887-04-16

clothes if they can find money to pay
for them. (Laughter.) Farmers get up
early in the morning. They say the
early bird catches the worm. If l was
a bird, | had rather get up late and eat
cherries in place of worms. Laughter.
Farmers don't paint their wagons when
they can help it, for they show mud too
quick. The color of their boots is red,
and don't look like other peoples boots,
because they are twice as big. Gap
plause.) Farmers wives have a hard
time cooking for hired men, and the
hired men find fault with the farmers
wives cooking. Why don't the farm
ers' wives let the hired men do the cook
ing while they do the finding fault.
(Great applause.) Farmers don't get
as rich as bank presidents, but they get
more exercise. prolonged laughter. }
Some ask, why don't farmers run for
Congressa' They run so much keeping
boys out of their peach orchards and
Faal F@afaloan oaltppa tppatsabss they don't have time to
should run after farmers, one might be
caught now and then. Lawyers can
beat farmers at running for most any
thing. l know farmer who tried to
run line fence according to his notion.
The other man objected and hurt the
farmer. The farmer hired lawyer to
run his line fence, and now the lawyer
runs the farmers farm and the farmer
has stopped running anything. Speak
ing of running reminds me of our calf
that ran away to the woods. There
were not enough men in the county to
catch that calf. We turned the old COW
into the woods and she caught the calf,
proving the old saying that it takes a
cow to catch a thief. Iaughter.)
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1887-04-16

B@-He who depends wholly on an
others providing for him, has but an
i'll breakfast and worse supper.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1887-04-16
The Women of Mexico.

In Mexico it is only by degrees that
handsome faces begin to dawn upon us.
The beauty of these women consists in
superb black eyes, very fine dark hair,
small feet and prettily shaped hands and
arms. Their chief defects are that they
are frequently short and fat (almost in
variably being mountains of flesh at 4o)
their teeth are often bad-partly, no
doubt, because there are few good den
lists in Mexico-and their compilations
are neither the clear olive ofthe Spaniard
nor the glowing brown of the Italian,
but muddy, bilious looking yellow,
says letter to the Nashville Banner.
Worse than all this, their dressing is ex-
ecrable, and from lack of corset or some
defect in nature or the modiste, their
figures have usually an indescribably
slouching look-the graceless contour
of'a meal bag tied in the middle Their
notion of squeezing the foot into a shoe
half an inch too short and always with
an enormously high heel directly under
the instep soon ruins the foot and de-
stroys all grace OF carriage.
The handsomest women in Mexico are
not found at the capital, but-as in
Spain, it is said that none ofthe beauties
of Madrid were torn there-the tall and
graceful bellies here, distinguished for
clear complexions and fine teeth. come.
Among the lower classes, however,
one occasionally sees face and figure
so lovely that we may suppose just such
another was Donna Marina, Cortes's
enchantress-with hair and eyes of ex-
traordinary beauty, teeth like pearls,
complexion dark but glowing, tiny bare
feet and hands, and arms whose exqui-
site shape neither sun nor toll can injure'
In these rare cases it is more than likely
that, though Indian in appearance, there
were intermarriages in former days be-
tween her progenitors and descendants
of the Spanish conquerors.
Some of the finest looking women in
Mexico, both in form and feature, are
found among the civilized Indians.
While Mexican ladies of high caste live
in luxurious ease, seldom walking at all,
and at 45 are shriveled, decrepit and
useless, the Aztec females, owing to
outdoor exercise and laborious habits,
are strong and active at 10 years OF age:
True, they wrinkle at middle life, till
their faces at 50 resemble dried figs, but
that is the inevitable effect of tropical
wind and early maturity. There is no
country in the world, where, according
to population, so much animal food and
fat are consumed, and none where less
is needed. The consumers are not the
Indians, who cannot afford it, but the
higher classes, who generally eat meat
three times day. Doubtless the early
fading beauty of aristocratic Mexicans,
their overcorpulency, decayed teeth and
muddy skins, are the result of injurious
food and insufficient exercise, while the
quantity of grease, chill and sweatmeats
consumed, in climate which is natur-
ally irritating and infammatory, helps
to bring on those ruinous nervous COM
plants that here are so general.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1887-04-16
He Wouldn't Subscribe.
Erie Herald.
sAra ,o,, ono of mr. suhscribers7 p

'Are you one of our subscribersF
mo. Well, yes. Lemme see. l be-
lieve l took it durin' the campaign. The
Democratic county committee sent it to
me-
well, you go down and subscribe for
our county weekly, eight pages, all the
news, latest market quotations, includ-
ing eggs, able editorials, choice mlscel-
lany, poetry, etcetere, etceterau, and
we'll see what we can do for you
mo, sir! Can't do it, said the vet
eran, as he backed off toward the door.
Times is too hard. Why, sir, | had to
give up my subscription to the Christian
4d00eate, and you could not believe how
much miss that there paper. 1t was
meat and drink to me while I had it.,
but eggs is only twenty-five cents, and
a man can't expect to have all the lux
uries of life, but still I'd affixed to held
on another year.
And, closing the door from the out
side, the old man descended the stairs
with tottering steps, and the last words
which were overheard by the office boy
falling from the aged lips of the octo-
genarian were: On it all, how | do
miss that Christian Ad0oeate.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1887-04-16
WOman's Weakness.

Of course, the idea that man was Gre
ated first is out of the question.
Woman was, most undoubtedly, and
she's SO modest that she'll never rise up
and say it for herself.
Why should man have been created
first ? The whole plan ofnature had to
be upset to prove it.
And there's no valid evidence present.
ed to-day of the fact, either from men
themselves or collateral facts.
I'm not sure that it would not be pos
sible to prove that men were created as
assistants of women, to do the manual
labor, which some of them call brain
work, and add some zest to human life.
The man who talks about the weak
ness of woman and laughs at her follies is
always found, if you'll go in and inves-
tigate the matter, to be at that very
moment wriggling around some woman's
little finger. The woman never realizes
whsB slpe sbee has fqiH tiahfr 1gSef 6ff. fne
man always feels sure of the woman, and
nine times out of ten he's mistaken.
That's the way we put it to-day.
The predominant characteristic of
this age is not chivilary. The high
road of life is too crowded, and even
friends jostle against one another and
become enemies.
The knights of to-day are guyed and
laughed at; the true women are not self
assertive, and they get no appreciation.
If they become self-assertive they get
less.
But some time or another it will be-
come fashionable for men to recognize
the simple fact that all the tenderness,
all the affection, all the gentlest elements
of human nature, come from the wo-
man, are inspired by the woman, and
would die out of men if they allowed
them to die out of the woman.
That has nothing to do with this story.
This is about little bit of woman's
weakness, one of those that blind men
to women and add to their attraction.
If you notice, mems weakness, as a
rule, approach SO closely to infractions
of the law that it is wonder we have
SO many respectable men left at middle
age.
Your wife any better1'
No; she's very ill, and I'm afraid
she's getting worse.
'What did you give her at Christmas
for PRESENT.
Il haven't got anything for her yet.
I'm waiting till she's well.'
That's foolish. You 60 right down
and buy her ring or a bracelet, or
something
Nonsense; my dear fellow, she's
sick.
'Idon't care. -Four years ago my wife
was at deaths door in New York. l
could not go to her, and l was awfully
worried. The family doctor gave her
up, and called in another. He tried
for week, and he gave her up. She
couldn't live an hour.
"A third came in, and he expected
hR=,s@, a. 1T. l1.rssan'ent.-> They-tele.
handsome pin, and had sent it on.
Il felt sure, however, that it would
get there too late. l was watching
every telegraph boy for the message that
she was no more. AT last the message
was handed to me, and l opened it
tremblingly.
1T read: MY dearest love for the
handsome pin. Am up and about
again.
'She hasn't been sick since, except
short spells at Christmas time.